Cuff



H. H. LEDEHEB.

CUFF.

APPLl'CATlON FlLED DEC. 18, 1918.

Patented Aug. 16, 1921.

H. H. LEDERER.

CUFF.

APPLICATION FILED 0150.18. |918.

Patented Aug. 16,1921.

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To all whom 'may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT H. LEDERER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cuffs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to cuffs of the folding type and has for its objectV to provide a double cud of this type each member of which may conveniently serve as a cover for the other, thus enabling the shirt to be the soiling of both cuff members. realize the foregoing object in a particularly eliicient and economical manner invand through the construction and arrangement of parts illustrated in the drawings forming a part hereof wherein :-Figure l represents an elevation of the interior of a sleeve khavingmy cuff applied thereto; Fig. 2 a similar view showing the manner in which the inner cuff member may beI drawn through the outer cuff member so as to becovered by the outer member; Fig. 3 a sectional view of the parts shown in Fig. 1;'Fig; 4 a sectional view showing the positions of the cud members when folded up to form a double folded cuff with the inner member covering the outer member; Fig. 5 a view similar to Fig. 3 showing the cuff members' reversed; Fig. 6 a view similar to Fig. 4, showing the cuff members of Fig. 5 in folded position; Figs. 7 and 8 are elevations, similar to Figs. land 2, respectively, and showing a modification of the invention; and Figs. 9, l0, l1 and 12 are sectional views of such modification with the cuff members in the positions shown respectively in Figs. 3, 4, 5 and .6.

.Describing the various parts herein by referencecharacters, l denotes/the sleeve of a shirt, the same being shownV as open at its lower end and having attached to the bottom` thereof a soft cuff member 2 having a transverse slit 3 through the upper central portion thereof. Y The cuff member 2 is provided with the ybutton holes 4.

5 denotes an inner cu member having at its central portionaa tab 6 by which said member is secured to the outer cuff member above theslit 3 therein. This tab 1s preferably of slightly less length than the length of the slit 3, and the unattached upper edges 7 of said member are preferably inclined Specification of Letters Patent. Pattentd Allg'. Application l'ed December 18,'19K18`. SerailNo. 267,347.

period of time corresponding to lower than,

toward kthe .side edges thereof the passingof the inner memdownwardly to facilitate ber through VVheIiV in unfolded condition and with the parts arranged in the positions shown in Fig. l, the bottom of the'inner cuff member will preferably eXtend a slight distance below the outer member so that, when both members are folded outwardly, as shown in Fig. 4, the upper ends will be ysubstantially Hush with eachother and the inner member will provide a cover for the outer. The inner member is also provided with button holes 8 whichare adapted to register with the button holes 4 when the `said members are folded. v

When the inner member has become soiled, the cuff buttons may be removed and the said inner member may be passed through the slit 3 in any convenient manner, as indicated for instance in Fig. 2. The

the` slit in thefouter member.

positions of the parts when the inner member has thus been passed 'or drawn through the slit are shown in Fig. 5. The passing of theinner member through the slit in the 'outer 4member will reduce the effective length of the former member soy that the lower end thereof will ordinarily be no and preferablya short distance above, the lower end of the outer member. Both members may then be folded outwardly in the manner shown in Fig. 6 and the cuff buttons inserted in the usual manner.

In Figs? to 12 inclusive there is shown a modification which differsfrom the construction shown in Figs. Ymainly in thatthe inner .member 5a is secured to the outer member 2a a short distance below the slit 3? in said outer member.

kl to 6 inclusive In both forms of the invention, the inner cuff member is secured to the outer cuff member (preferably by stitching) adjacent to the slit in the outer member; and in both forms of the invention, the top of the kinner Y cuff member is preferably inclined ldownwardly toward the side edges thereofk tofacilitate the passage ofthe inner mem- .ber throughthe slit. n

rlhe button holes are so arranged 1n both modifications that, when the cuffv members arey folded, the button holes in one member may be convenientlybrought into ksuch register with the button'v holes in the othermember as willfacilitate the application of the cuff buttons. .f

Having,- thus described my invention, what I claim is:

l. The combination, with a shirt sleeve, of a oldable cuff memberhavng a slit Whose periphery lies entirely within the cuil' body of a foldable cuff member having` a slit Whose periphery lies entirely Within the ou body below the ,upper portion thereof, said cull member being connected along substantially its entire upper portion, above the upper pebelow the upper portion thereof, said Cfu-riphery of said slit, to the sleeve, and a seomember being connected along substantiallyk itsl entire upper portion, aboye the upper periphery of said slit, to the sleeve, and a second oldable cuff member having a tab at its upper end secured to the first member adjacent tothe said slit.-

2. rIhe combination, With a shirt sleeve,

ond a foldable cuff member having a tab at its upper end secured to the irst member belovv said slit. v

In testimony whereof, I hereunto alix my signature.

HERBERT n. LEDERER. 

